ܟܟܐ

Inherited from Aramaic כַּכָּא (kakkā, “molar tooth”), itself from Akkadian 𒄑𒂉 (kakku, “weapon”). Displaced the older ܫܸܢܵܐ (šinnā) in the sense of “tooth”.

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [kakkaː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [kaːka]
• (Tyari) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃaːka]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃiːt͡ʃa]

ܟܲܟܵܐ • (kakkā) m (plural ܟܲܟܹ̈ܐ (kakkē))

1. (anatomy) tooth
2. (animal anatomy) tusk, fang

   Synonym: ܢܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ (nīḇā)

• ܟܲܟܵܝܵܐ (kakkāyā, “dental”)
• ܟܲܟܬ݂ܵܐ (kakṯā, “small tooth of a comb; tooth of a key”)
• ܐܵܣܝܵܐ ܕܟܲܟܹ̈ܐ (āsyā dkakkē, “dentist”)

Children’s language. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃat͡ʃt͡ʃa]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃˤat͡ʃˤt͡ʃˤa]

ܟ̰ܲܟ̰ܵܐ • (čačā) f (plural ܟ̰ܲܟ̰ܹ̈ܐ (čačē) or ܟ̰ܲܟ̰ܵܬ݂̈ܵܐ (čačāṯā))

1. (childish) hand

   Synonym: ܐܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ (īḏā)

Possibly from Akkadian 𒄑𒂉 (kakku, “weapon”).

• IPA^(key): [kakkɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kakke] (plural)

ܟܟܐ • (kakkā) m (plural ܟܟܐ (kakkē))

1. tooth (especially molar)
2. tusk

• ܥܪܫܐ (ʕaršā)
• ܪܚܝܐ (raḥyā)
• ܫܢܐ (šennā)

• “kk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 18 October 2011
• Costaz, Louis (2002), Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 155a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 214a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009), A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, →ISBN, page 621a

From Northern Kurdish kak

• IPA^(key): /kako/ (singular)

ܟܰܟܳܐ • (kako) m

1. brother

   Synonyms: ܐܰܚܘܢܐ (aḥuno), ܐܰܚܐ (aḥo)

Modified from above.

• IPA^(key): /kake/

ܟܰܟܶܐ • (kake) f

1. sister

   Synonym: ܚܳܬ݂ܳܐ (ḥoṯo)